Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Fariba Ashtari, a Baha’i resident of Yazd, started her two-year sentence on Saturday at the central prison of the city. She is the fourth of the…
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“I Was Embarrassed by My Freedom”
Source: www.roozonline.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Excerpts from Bahman Ahmadi Amouee’s report on Prison Conditions Fereshteh Ghazi Thursday, January 29, 2015 From the moment he was arrested together with his wife at midnight on June 20…
Farah Baghi Begins Her Sentence in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-511 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2ep Farah Baghi, a Baha’i from Yazd who has been sentenced to one year in prison and a one-year suspended sentence, has reported to prison in Yazd to begin…
Six Years Imprisonment for Baha’i Citizen
Source: hra-news.org/fa/thought-and-expression/a-16 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News agency – Manoochehr Kholoosi, a Baha’i citizen who was charged on two counts of propaganda against the State as well as acting against national security, has been…
I Grew up Away from My Mother, in Prison Meeting Halls
Source: www.roozonline.com November 26, 2014 Translation by Iran Press Watch The story of many years of prison visits, by Fariba Kamalabadi’s daughter By Fereshteh Ghazi [email protected] She was thirteen years…
One Thousand Years Incarceration for Iranian Baha’is
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Published on Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014 During the last few months, economic and social pressure, along with widespread arrests and imprisonment of members of the Baha’i community, have increased.…
Susan Tebyanian: I’ll Be Back in Jail in a Few Days
Source: en.iranwire.com/features/6184/ Wednesday 10 December 2014 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour When you hear Susan Tebyanian speak, it is not the type of voice you associate with a woman that could be swept off to prison at a second’s notice.…
Fariba Kamalabadi’s Letter to Her Beautiful Daughter the Bride
Source: www.roozonline.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday 27 November, 2014 Mother prominently absent from daughter’s wedding Fariba Kamalabadi, who has been sentenced to twenty years of prison for being a member of the Baha’i Yaran…
Former Prisoner of Iran-Iraq War Begins 3-Year Sentence
Source: hra-news.org/en Fardin Aghsani, a Baha’i from Urmia who was taken prisoner during the Iran-Iraq war, and held in Iraq for two and a half years, reported to the central prison in Urmia today to begin serving…
Soheila Aqdasi and Noushin Mithaqi Begin 6-Month Sentences
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-303 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2aq On November 30th, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Noushin Misaghi and Soheila Aghdasi, Bahai women living in Urmia, in Iran’s Azerbaijan province, and took them to Urmia…
Adib Shoaee Begins a 6-Month Sentence in Mashhad
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-303 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2au Adib Shoaee has reported to Vakilabad prison in Mashhad to begin serving his six-month sentence. He was arrested in his home on October 9, 2012, and released on bail…
Details of the One-Year Prison Sentence of Susan Tebyanian
Source: cshr.org.uk/human-rights-portal/news/2822 Translation by Iran Press Watch November 6th 2014 Centre for Supporters of Human Rights By Nargis Tavasolian Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i from Semnan, in 2005 wrote a letter directly to then-President Khatami, toward…
The “Happy” Ones Who Dream of Heaven in Their Prison Cells
Source: roozonline Translation by Iran Press Watch October 30, 2014 By Masoud Bastani The Gorganis in Prison Following the first two sections of the report on the Baha’is of Gorgan – a city…
Men are Fulfilling their Duties as Fathers from Prison Cells
Source: roozonline Translated by Iran Press Watch by Masoud Bastani Thursday, October 10, 2014 Gorgani Baha’is in Rajai Shahr prison The first part of this report includes the stories of seven people who are among political…
Adnan Rahmatpanah Begins One-Year Sentence in Shiraz
Source: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-29m Adnan Rahmatpanah a Bahai from Shiraz, reported to Adel-Abad prison on November 11, to begin serving a one-year sentence. He was arrested during a raid on his home on December 12, 2012, and taken…
Amir Maboudi Begins 6-Month Sentence in Urumiyyeh
Source: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-28Y Mr. Amir Maboudi began serving a 6-month prison sentence in Urumiyyeh in Iran’s Azerbaijan province, on October 9. He was charged with “propaganda against the regime in the form of propagating the Baha’i Faith”.…